A/N: I'm in a bit of a rut with this story so I may not update quite as often. Sorry!! I'm just so busy w/ college stuff and other school work and my job.

Chapter 49: I Would Go Anywhere With You

The chief of surgery gave Derek the next day off because of his proximity to the shooting incident and Meredith's principal had told her to take the day off as well, despite the number of days she had missed in the past two weeks because of her mother's injury. Each of them normally got up around 5 am but was still asleep at 8 because the events of the previous day and making love all night exhausted them both.

At 8, Meredith's cell phone, which had been pushed off her night stand the night before and was lying on the floor began to ring and woke both Derek and Meredith up.

"Who is calling you at this hour?" Derek said, still half asleep and putting a pillow over his head.

Meredith groaned and rolled over and picked the phone up off the floor and answered it.

"Hello?" she said groggily.

"Meredith, it's Jason. Did I wake you up?"

"Yes, you did. Why are you calling me so freakin' early?"

"Because you're usually at work right now, but I probably know why you're not. Is Derek alright? I heard about the shooting at the hospital. I would have called yesterday but the baby was sick and I figured that if something was wrong you would call me."

"Yeah, he's fine. Except for the fact that he wants to beat you up right now for waking the both of us up."

"I'm sorry. Go back to sleep and I'll talk to you later."

"Yeah," Meredith said, and hung up the phone without saying anything else.

Meredith turned the phone off and threw it back down onto the floor and before she knew it she was asleep again. They wake up again until about 11'oclock. They were both well rested and because of the time, didn't have to deal with Izzie and George whining at them for keeping them awake all night.

Derek woke up with one of Meredith's legs across his legs and her head resting on his chest. She looked so peaceful and happy. He felt bad that he had caused her so much worry the day before. He kissed her on the top of her head and tried to slip out of bed without waking her up but failed.

"Where do you think you're going?" she said, grabbing his hand.

"Hey. Sorry I woke you up."

"Will you make it up to me?"

"Depends on how…" Derek said, raising an eyebrow.

"Get in the shower with me."

"Hmm…I don't know. I don't think we should have sex, we should go slow and…."

Before he could continue Meredith whacked him on the chest.

"Ha-ha. Very funny," she said in a mocking voice.

Derek laughed, "I would go anywhere with you Meredith."

Meredith got up and Derek took his hand and walked them into the bathroom He turned the water on and they slowly undressed each other, kissing in between removing each piece of clothing. They got into the shower and the water beat down on their bodies. Meredith ran her hands up and down Derek's wet chest and back while he ran his hands through her wet hair. She gave him a light kiss and then looked up into his eyes.

"I don't know what I would do if I ever lost you. Yesterday, when I didn't know where you were, I felt like my world was coming to an end."

"I'm sorry that you were so scared Meri. I should have called you and told you that I was okay but I had a guy with a bullet possibly lodged in his spine."

"You don't need to explain. I understand how important your job is to you."

Derek gave her a kiss on the forehead, "It's nowhere near as important as you are to me. My job will never come before you."

Meredith smiled, "Good. Because if it did, I'd have to hurt you."

Derek laughed, "I'll keep that in mind."

They stayed in the shower, kissing and making love, until the water got too cold to bear. They got out, dried off, dressed and went downstairs where Izzie was sitting at the kitchen table. Derek was carrying Meredith on his back and she was kissing his neck. He stopped abruptly when he saw Izzie sitting there and she stopped kissing him.

"Derek? What…Hi Izzie," Meredith said, with a huge fake "happy to see you" smile on her face.

Meredith loved and adored Izzie but right now she just wanted to spend time with Derek and only Derek.

"You two should seriously get a hotel room."

"Sorry," Derek said as meaningful as he could, but not meaning it all.

"Yeah, whatever you say. I have to go back to the hospital. The chief wanted me to come home and see how you were doing. Man, I love being an intern."

"Well, I'm fine. We're both fine, so you can tell the chief just that and tell him that I'll see him tomorrow."

"Okay, then. I'll leave the two you of you to do…whatever is it you do when you're alone."

Meredith, who was now sitting on the kitchen counter, eating out of a cereal box, just laughed as Izzie walked out of the kitchen and they heard the front door to the house close.

"She's just jealous because she's not getting any sex," Meredith said with her mouth completely full of Fruit Loops, Derek barely able to understand what she said.

"Okay, no more of that for you. I'm going to make you something healthy."

Derek took the box of cereal and put it back in the cupboard.

"You're mean."

Derek just smiled and shook his head as he took the ingredients for pancakes out of the cupboard. He started mixing everything in a bowl and Meredith was watching him and burst out laughing.

"What in the world are you laughing at?" he asked, stopping stirring and looking at Meredith.

"You. When your stirring or cooking anything, you make the funniest face," she said, imitating his face.

He kept stirring and Meredith burst out laughing again. She continued to giggle and Derek stuck his finger in the batter and wiped it on Meredith's nose.

"That's a good look for you," he said, going back to stirring.

"That," Meredith said, sticking her finger in the batter, "is not cool."

She chased him around the kitchen trying some of the batter on him. When she finally caught, she raised her arm to wipe the batter on him. Derek grabbed her arm and kissed her and she instantly relaxed at the touch of his lips.

After being sidetracked a bit, Derek finished making the pancakes and they enjoyed their breakfast together and decided what they were going to do for the rest of the day.

A/N: Sorry this chapter is kind of short. I think it's so cute though. But, let me know what you think. REVIEW!!!!